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The speed of the bridge opening and closing is 0.15 m (0.16 yd) per second. [3] The bridge weighs 1,000 t (980 long tons; 1,100 short tons) and has a capacity of 1,000 people per crossing. [8] It is 53 m (58 yd) long and the cantilevered portion is 35 m (38 yd) long. [2] From above, the bridge looks like an apostrophe. [1] Locals say that the ...
The bridge, also known as the Natchez Trace Parkway Arches, is the first segmentally constructed concrete arch bridge in the United States. [2] The arches comprise 122 hollow box segments precast in nearby Franklin, each of which was about 9.8 ft (3.0 m) long and weighed between 29 and 45 short tons. [2]
The Russky Bridge over the Eastern Bosphorus in Vladivostok, Russia, with its 1,104 metres (3,622 ft) span, has the longest span of any cable-stayed bridge, displacing the former record holder, the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in the People's Republic of China 1,088 metres (3,570 ft) on 12 April 2012.
The bridge has a cable-stayed design [1] [5] with architecture by Yee Associates [5] and designed by Ove Arup [1] whereas the identification signage on the bridge states that it was designed by the constructor, Birse Construction. It has a 40-metre (131 ft) 'A' frame pylon/mast with fanned cables [1] [2] [3] [6] and has a total span of 153 m ...
The 800-foot-long (240 m), 150-foot-high (46 m) bridge was to connect the New York Central Railroad and NH lines in the Bronx with the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and South Brooklyn Railway lines on Long Island. [12] [13] A state senator introduced a bill in February 1899 to incorporate the Wards Island Bridge Company to construct the bridge. [8]
Santiago Calatrava designed the bridge with a beautiful 400-foot arch with 58 steel cables strung across the structure. “Besides providing the City with a signature structure and artfully ...
The 721 metres (2,365 ft) bridge hangs 95 metres (312 ft) above ground. [13] The United Wholesale Mortgage Pedestrian Bridge in Pontiac, Michigan is the longest enclosed pedestrian bridge, completed on October 1, 2021. The 305 metre bridge was part of a $250 million project to UWM's offices, which converted a former warehouse and utilized ...
A segmental bridge is a bridge built in short sections (called segments), i.e., one piece at a time, as opposed to traditional methods that build a bridge in very large sections. The bridge is made of concrete that is either cast-in-place (constructed fully in its final location) or precast concrete (built at another location and then ...